The enduring cultural phenomenon of comic book heroes was invented in the late 1930s by a talented and hungry group of artists and writers barely out of their teens, flying by the seat of their pants to create something new, exciting, and above all profitable. The iconography and mythology they created flourishes to this day in comic books, video, movies, fine art, advertising, and practically all other media. Supermen! collects the best and the brightest of this first generation, including Jack Cole, Will Eisner, Bill Everett, Lou Fine, Fletcher Hanks, Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, and Basil Wolverton. If the reader is expecting to find an All-American group of altruistic do-gooders, he in for quite a jolt. As Jonathan Lethem writes in his Foreword, “A collection like Supermen! works like a reverse-neutron bomb to assumptions about the birth of the superhero image: it tears down the orderly structures of theory and history and leaves the figures standing in full view, staring back at us in all their defiant disorienting particularity, their blazing strangeness.” Beautifully designed and produced in full color, Supermen! contains twenty full-length stories, ten full-sized covers, a generous selection of vintage promotional ads, and comprehensive end notations by editor Greg Sadowski, making it indispensable to anyone interested in the origins of superheroes and the history of the comic book form.

Featuring the fully remastered hyperdetailed black and white artwork of Reg Bunn, this volume presents many of the super-crook's exciting 1960s adventures which featured the most popular British comic book villain and sprang from the imagination of Superman co-creator, Jerry Siegel.

Superman convinces Bea Carroll to confess to the murder of Jack Kennedy.

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Super-lover Jon Juan the irresistible lover adored by the most beautiful women of all time. Jon's origins lie in ancient Atlantis where he's knocked unconscious and preserved in an iceberg. A rare seaweed made him immortal and the now eternal lover can seduce any women he meets.

Previously unpublished works from the creators of Superman

The Golden Age Spectre Archives: Volume 1 collects the first appearances of Jerry Siegel'scharacter Spectre in issues #52-70 of More Fun Comics.

The original tales of the Man of Tomorrow are collected in trade paperback from the pages ACTION COMICS #1-12, SUPERMAN #1-4 and WORLD’S FAIR COMICS #1. Written by Jerry Siegel and illustrated by Joe Shuster, this title includes the first appearances of Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Superman’s alter ego Clark Kent, as well as the first use of his x-ray vision.

Presented by a team of talented writers and artists such as Jerry Siegel, Jim Mooney, Otto Binder and more is a collection of stories featuring Supergirl at her best in SUPERGIRL: THE SILVER AGE VOL. 1.For many years, Superman believed himself to be the only survivor of his planet’s destruction, until one day a spacecraft crashed on Earth with a young girl inside—a Supergirl from Krypton, possessing all the same powers as the Man of Steel. And this Maid of Might wasn’t just any Kryptonian survivor, but Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El. The story of one of history’s greatest female heroes begins here!Collects Supergirl’s backup stories from ACTION COMICS #252-284.

Mighty Comics (1966) #40 continues from Fly Man (1965) #39.

"It started out as just another Superboy story—on the face of it, perhaps a bit more innovative than most, although it was published during one of the most creative periods in DC Comics history. It wound up changing the entire comics field.The Legion of Super-Heroes was merely a clever title for a group of teenage superheroes (only three of whom were actually named) from the far future who went back in time to pay tribute to the greatest teenage superhero of them all—the Boy of Steel, Superboy. But the interest from comics fans was so great, the super-team was brought back time and time again, in the majority of Superman Family titles. Eventually, demand grew so strong that the Legion of Super-Heroes was awarded its own continuing series.Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Vol. 1 collects stories from Adventure Comics #247, #267, #282, #290, #293, #300-310, ACTION COMICS #267, #276, #287, #289, Superboy #86, #89, #98 and Superman #147.

For seventy-five years, Lois Lane has been one of the most iconic characters in comics. In celebration of her contributions to the DC Universe and life as a pop culture icon, DC Comics is proud to present this new hardcover anthology collecting some of Lois Lane's greatest stories from creators such as Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, John Byrne, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, John Byrne, Phil Jimenez, Frank Quitely and many more! The Lois Lane Anthology collects stories from the following issues: ACTION COMICS #1 - The Superman, Champion of the Oppressed... ACTION COMICS #2 - The War in San Monte ACTION COMICS #6 - Superman: The Man Who Sold Superman ACTION COMICS #484 - Superman Takes A Wife ACTION COMICS #600 - True Love ACTION COMICS #662 - At Long Last... The Secret Revealed! ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #631 - Battery Part Five ALL-STAR SUPERMAN #2 - Superman's Secret Room ALL-STAR SUPERMAN #3 - Sweet Dreams Superwoman MAN OF STEELl #2 - The Story of the Century SHOWCASE #9 SUPERMAN #29, #33-34, #58, #168 SUPERMAN 80-PAGE GIANT 2011 SUPERMAN: LOIS LANE#1.

To save Christmas, Superman battles to defend jolly old Saint Nick himself, Santa Claus!

Action Comics is the longest-running continually published comic book in history, and it’s the series that launched the superhero genre with the introduction of Superman in 1938. DC Entertainment is celebrating its 80th anniversary with Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman Deluxe Edition, which features cover art by artist and DC Publisher Jim Lee. Join DC in a celebration of Action’s amazing 80-year run, with reflections on Action Comics by Laura Siegel Larson (daughter of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel) and celebrated writers Jules Feiffer, Tom DeHaven, David Hajdu, Larry Tye, Gene Luen Yang, Marv Wolfman and Paul Levitz. Featuring the very first Superman story, the debut of Supergirl, the first stories of arch-villains the Toyman and Brainiac, a never-before-published story from the original creative studio of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, dating back seven decades, and more!

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After 71 issues, the series ended in 1986.

Starting in 1939, Superman would continue on to 1986 when Alan Moore's story "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" would close out the series before it would pick up with issue #424 in The Adventures of Superman.

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